The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-05
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was young; their walls thrown from
enc to two miles apart, forming a
mighty 6ssure Of from 1000 to 5000
feet in d pth and ninety miles In
lergh. Then imagine at the bottom
sf this tremendous chssm a mas OF
flowing water more than 600 feet In
depth, and you have the Ssguunsy
river, which rises Ia Lake St. John
and q jws into tia St. Lawrence, l5O
miles below QJsbec. But no magma
ton can picture such weird and
somber thing as this liver lie. Il muet
b. seen, and its dismal Influences felt;
II must be looked upon from the crags
above, and then sailed rpop, before
enc can appreciate or understand its
after desolatenees.
We sailed up this extraordinary
stream the other day, as FAR ss set
Nsment called Chicoutimi, ninety
niles from lis mouth, and In all that
distance not living thing did We see
except solitary raven.
Its waters are oil dark brown
solor. Is bas no shelving shores, but
instead great maFses 81 rock, In many
d. pieces l7U0 feet Ia hight, rise straight
up from the waters edge. There is
= no anchorage in the whole stretch OF
the river, except 10 one place called
Ha Ha bsv. Tne largest ship in the
world could sail along within rod 81
the preclpics on either side. Ia crew
ises far up the naked walls grow
stunted Or trets. IL Is 10 wonder that
me- ancient mariners spoke oil the
gloomy entrance OF this river as the
aportals OF holl." II rs = chSo ic night
mare Of gloom and des1lati0n, OF Stern
and naked rocgs, oil frowDiug prtci.
plces, dark, sullen waters and sombe.
shadows. Compared with 1t, can
Imagine the stlx t. be cheerful,
sporlivs stream. Even with the
bright sun Of cioudltss GUNNER day
shining down up n us We experienced
q shiyeripg sens,tiun, aud We sailed
cut into the middle Of the stream a
far from the chilly shadows Of the
savage, ovsIhaL gins cliffs as possible.
II was wiki lee log OF relief, as II
awaking from al ugly dream, that We
passed out VI toe MYERS mouth into
the more cheerful waters 0i the 81.
Lawrence.
Toe psorle who live near the Ss.
guenay and those who vitN II ana
write sbout II, ore prone to txAsgerate
the b Q ght OF lie olfis, and depth oil its
waters. IL Is were ntces airy TO strain
q point aud lie ABOUT IL, l think l
should be tqual to ths tEsk but there
IN no need 90 do that; the truth re-
rarding IL sounds Strange enough.
Cd Jacques Cartier, who visited the
Ssguenay Ia 1885, vss the fret exsg.
eeralor who wloIe Of the place. Among
other thi. vs.. he sad: La ascending
tho Saguensy, yop reach country
where there are men dressed Ike us
who live in cities. sad have much
gold, rubies ard copper" Tnink oil
the advantage that a Hixteenth ceniu'
~ liar ike Carter had over one lik Z
YOU or me. for instance. In writing Of
This river 1 have 10 conhne myself 70
n~fooks md water aud great wastes OF
uniuhablied atmosphere. II l should
throw 10 q ruby nine or mfrmald or
scsye filed win treasures, come tour
let who had been thtre ", u'd-to use
The lsbsuAgs Of tho editor 81 the
Crosby County Clirlon-' cit down on
M in tnunCer topes," and expose my
mendscily. Carrier ws tie INST
sne 10 VIII, the region,
and he had no reason 70 Thick that
any other tou Isl would visit tue place
for macy years. | was probably n tied
and CONNIE ( ted On by HE cont smpo'
rsries thai, although he WsB II tTu.
sal dispos tioD, and usu lily Gppropr.
sttd auy tning Of value he could find
In The strange lands he visited. be
filled 10 brig bsck o France any Of
ths gold ard fubies Of the q guanay.
But we shoud not be- too hsrd on Gar
her and The early explorers. ln their
SAys, the people Il the Old world were
roady TO believe any marvellous tale
regarding hitherto UNEMPLOYED regions
They did not know thst the laws oil
nature that ruled In their own lands
would necessa ybe the same Ia otheI
ard more dittanl Ia de, aud % twal.
lsNed stories I gianti snd gr fins and
sne-eysd men that tbees traveller,
claimed TO have eten and asked III
more. IL IN y PLEA uTe TO most people
10 excite wonder in the mitdB oI
etheIe, and 10 be the d a. 10 tell sur
prislng iaie Of things ex fsordlnary
g. all the early navigatoTs KEEP theii
imagina,iobs supd iy ut work, six dayt
ayeek, and uitd 80 little q nth that 4
IA a wonder there ID not more OF II LEI
M the world today.
The adventurous spirit and thu
courage Of the man who, centuries
sgo, sail, d on unknosn GeAs In eearct
OF new woilds, BmfEs me. ii Their
we're any wor ds lei, for us 10 discove
We would 20 in iron tteamere, and en-
10Y comfort, luxury and safety; bu
those men sailea In shiDs, some o
which were not over twenty tor
burden; sailed without charts o
canned milk, or cleo ric hair brushes
ora Emokiog room, or even any on
who would play poker or bet on o.,
daily run OF the ship with them; II
fact. without ANY OF tbs modern com
fort, Of ocean travel bat they kept OF
dIaoov, ring % all ov this continent
even when Sometimes they had :
work on sundays, ard 20 for day
without food, and ttand va ohes .
kerp the sailors from lunching q
zach other. really thiuk they d
served credit for N 9, especially whe
ve eonsldeT that when they 20
through with a job Of discovering an
vent home and reported TO tho KiDl
who owned them, they were som,
times put In prison or bad Their head
amputated.
presume that Nr. murray hi
eiyen you ~ much blister cal ma y
REGARDING this ugion rs you need, 4
/ sec him hunting up sntqnitie
taking with old Inhabitants and del
irg INTO The past from lims 10 time, Z
/ have rot tiespasssd much on ~
acid. The p Of 10 ell Tghtl and u y
mot | could not hep It, / think y
A good thing that Va have past \
man should bs without one-obe th,
k.sk N nth nlnQFuTo n n